Championship: Ajayi bags 9th clean sheet; Eze sets up winner for QPR

Super Eagles defender, Semi Ajayi continued his impressive outing in the English Championship after helping leaders West Bromwich Albion stretch their unbeaten run to six games following their 2-0 win over Preston whilst it was also a good outing for midfielder Eberechi Eze in the colors of QPR, AOIFootball.com reports.

At the Hawthorns League, leaders West Bromwich Albion came to their matchday 35 clash with buzzing confidence after winning all four of their previous matches with Nigerian international Semi Ajayi once again starting at the heart of the defense.

First-half strikes from Hal Robson-Kanu and Jake Livermore saw the host stretch their lead at the summit of the table to 7 points as they remain on course to seal promotion back to the English Premier League next season.

Ajayi who was on for the entire match duration recorded his 9th clean sheet of the campaign as he finished with an impressive rating of 7.3, winning 11 of his 13 duels contested and also completing 75% of his passes.

Similarly at Loftus Road, Nigerian hopefuls Eberechi Eze and Bright Osayi-Samuel were on from the start for London side Queens Park Rangers as they leapfrogged Derby County following their 2-1 win to move up to 12th.

Grant Hall put the host ahead after the half-hour mark before Martyn Waghorn equalized just before the break with the impressive Eze on hand to hand his side all 3 points when he set up the winner for substitute Ilias Chair on 75 minute to seal all 3 points.

The England U-21 player has now been directly involved in 18 league goals this campaign for QPR (11 goals, 7 assists) making him the club leading player in both goals and assist.